Restoring individual files

You can restore one or more files to the same or a different location on the original virtual machine, or to a target.

Prerequisites

The restore of individual files must be enabled for the virtual machine. For details on how to do this, see “Configuring backup options”.
The credential group must be assigned to the virtual machine and virtual machine discovery must be successful. For instructions on how to enable access to the virtual machine, see “Enabling access to virtual machines”.
Only if you plan to restore individual files to a target. A storage account to which you want to restore data must be added to HYCU for Azure as a target and it must be reserved only for restored data. For details on targets, see “Setting up targets”.
Only if a custom firewall rule is applied. Traffic to the *.azure.com, *.core.windows.net, *.servicebus.windows.net, and *.microsoftonline.com endpoints must be allowed.

Considerations

Only if restoring files to the virtual machine:

If the virtual machine is not accessible, the restore operation fails. The virtual machine may not be accessible if it is stopped or if it no longer exists.
Only if you plan to restore the original access control lists (ACLs):
- Because restoring ACLs is not supported on FAT file system types, the status of the restore task for such files will be Done with errors. This means that the files have been restored, but because the files in the FAT file system do not have ACLs, the ACLs have not been set for the files.
- The ACL information is not restored during the cross-file system restore.

Procedure

In the Virtual Machines panel, click the virtual machine that contains the files that you want to restore. The Details section appears at the bottom of the screen.

n Note The Details section appears only if you click a virtual machine. Selecting the check box before the name of the virtual machine will not open the Details section.
In the Details section, select the desired restore point, and then click  Restore Files.
From the Restore from drop-down menu, select which tier you want to use for the restore. Your restore point can contain one or more tiers among which you can select:
- Automatic: This option ensures the fastest and most cost-effective restore.
- Backup (Snapshot)
- Backup (Target)
- Copy
- Archive - daily
- Archive - weekly
- Archive - monthly
- Archive - yearly
In the Disks drop-down menu, make sure only the disks with the files that you want to restore are selected, and then click Next. By default, all the disks are selected.
From the list of available files, select the ones that you want to restore, and then click Next.

i Important You can select only individual files or folders for the restore, not whole disks or entire partitions.

Select whether you want to restore the files to the virtual machine or to a target, and then perform the required steps:

Restore files to...	Instructions
Virtual machine	Select Restore to virtual machine, and then click Next. Select the location on the virtual machine to which you want to restore the files, and then provide the required information: Original location Select how the restore should save the files when there is a file with the same name and location on the virtual machine (overwrite the file, rename the original file, or rename the restored file). i Important Only if overwriting the files. Make sure that the configured user account has sufficient permissions to write to the specified files. Alternate location Specify the path to an alternate location on the virtual machine in the following format: Windows: <DriveLetter>:\<Path>\<FolderName> Linux: /<Path>/<FolderName> The restored files overwrite the files with the same name that might exist at the alternate location. Use the Restore ACL switch if you want to restore the original access control list. If enabled, HYCU for Azure preserves original ACLs. If disabled, HYCU for Azure applies inherited ACLs on the restored files (according to the file system ACL inheritance rules).
Target	Select Restore to target, and then click Next. From the Target drop-down menu, select the target to which you want to restore the files.

Restore files to...

Instructions

Virtual machine

Select Restore to virtual machine, and then click Next.
Select the location on the virtual machine to which you want to restore the files, and then provide the required information:
- Original location
  
  Select how the restore should save the files when there is a file with the same name and location on the virtual machine (overwrite the file, rename the original file, or rename the restored file).
  
  i Important Only if overwriting the files. Make sure that the configured user account has sufficient permissions to write to the specified files.
- Alternate location
  
  Specify the path to an alternate location on the virtual machine in the following format:
  - Windows:
```
<DriveLetter>:\<Path>\<FolderName>
```
  - Linux:
```
/<Path>/<FolderName>
```
  The restored files overwrite the files with the same name that might exist at the alternate location.
Use the Restore ACL switch if you want to restore the original access control list. If enabled, HYCU for Azure preserves original ACLs. If disabled, HYCU for Azure applies inherited ACLs on the restored files (according to the file system ACL inheritance rules).

Target

Select Restore to target, and then click Next.
From the Target drop-down menu, select the target to which you want to restore the files.